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Aidan O’Brien records back-to-back wins with sons of Sadler’s Wells, courtesy of Michael Tabor’s and Sue Magnier’s High Chaparral. Galileo is a first winner for 14-time champion sire Sadler’s Wells. Sinndar is the first horse to capture the Derby, Irish Derby and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in the same season.
- Aintree Grand National Winners 1839
The Aintree Grand National. On Tuesday February 26, 1839,...
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Epsom Derby 2006. Epsom Derby 2005. Epsom Derby 2004. Oaks...
- Aintree Grand National Winners 1839
Jun 3, 2023 · The Derby: Auguste Rodin gives O’Brien ninth win in Epsom showpiece – as it happened. Ryan Moore’s mount beat King of Steel to the finish line in the Classic as protest disruption largely...
- A…Is For Airborne.
- B …Is For Bunbury.
- C …Is For Classic.
- D …Is For Emily Davison.
- E …Is For Epsom.
- F …Is For Frankie Dettori.
- G …Is For Alex Greaves.
- H …Is For Dead-Heat.
- I …Is For Investec.
- J …Is For Jim Bolger.
The 1946 winner was the most recent of just four grey Derby winners. Of the 236 winners (including one dead-heat), 173 were brown or bay, 57 chestnut, four grey and just two registered as black.
The name the Derby might have been given. In 1780 a coin was tossed between the 12th Earl of Derby and Sir Charles Bunbury to decide after whom the famous race would be named.
The blue riband of turf Flat racing, the Derby is Britain’s richest horse race and the most prestigious of the five Classic races. It is also the middle leg of the English Triple Crown, following the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and before the St Leger held at Doncaster.
The militant suffragette sustained fatal injuries when stepping out in front of the King George V’s horse, Anmer, on Tattenham Hill during the Derby in 1913.
The Derby has been held at Epsom Downs racecourse every year since 1780, except for two wartime periods totalling 10 years when it was staged at Newmarket (between 1915-18 and 1940-45).
The popular jockey stormed to victory in the Derby in 2015 aboard the John Gosden-trained Golden Horn, who has now retired from racing and is standing at Dalham Hall Stud. Frankie also won on Authorized in 2007.
In 1996, Alex became the first lady jockey to ride in the race when finishing at the back of the 20 runners, partnering Portuguese Lil — a 500-1 chance trained by her husband Dandy Nicholls.
In 1828, the Derby was declared a dead-heat. A run-off was then held with Cadland winning from The Colonel by half a length. Another dead-heat occurred in 1884, when Harvester and St Gatien shared the title.
The title sponsor of the Derby Festival at Epsom — it is one of the biggest sponsorship agreements in British horse racing. In 2012 Investec agreed to a 10-year extension as the race sponsor.
The trainer of the 2008 Derby winner New Approach had left the horse entered for the race apparently by mistake — having not initially intended to run him.
Jun 1, 2024 · City Of Troy (3/1 favourite) bounced back from his 2000 Guineas disappointment to win the Betfred Derby at Epsom.
May 31, 2023 · The 2022 Derby winner at Epsom was Desert Crown, who provided 33-year-old British jockey Richard Kingscote with his first Epsom Derby victory. Trained by Newmarket-based Sir Michael Stoute...
The records will tell you that the 1913 Derby was won by Aboyeur, ridden by Edwin Piper, but there was much more to it than that. Major Loder and Mr Ismay.
May 28, 2024 · The Derby is a Group 1 race run under Set Weights conditions for three year old colts and fillies at Epsom conducted by the Jockey Club. The Derby is run over one mile, four furlongs and 6 yards. It was first run in 1780 and was won by Diomed.
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